March 1,

ISLAM IS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE

2011

Islam is a complete code of life

﷽
Islam is a complete code of life. This is an oft-quoted sentence but when most people
utter this sentence, they are ignorant of the meanings of this sentence. By Allah! An ordinary
man may deliver these words but is unable to explain it. He is aware of this thing that Islam is a
complete code of life but he is unaware of how Islam is a complete code of life. He repeats the
statement of his ancestors but do not focus on the verse of Qur‟an,

َُ َ َْ ْ َ
‫؀‬42 ‫ب اكفالها‬ ُْ ُ ٰ َ َْ َ ْٰ ُ َ ْ ُ ‫َ َ ََ َ ر‬
ٍ ‫افَل يتدَّبون اللران ام لَع كلو‬
Do they then ponder not over Quran, or there
are locks on the hearts of some of them?

Undoubtedly, Islam is a complete code of life but this topic needs a good explanation that
cannot be completed in one episode. I am only writing the summary of this topic. Allah, the
Almighty, said in Qur‟an,

ًْ َ َ ْ ُ ُ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َْ
‫اْل ْسَلم ِدينا‬
ِ ‫ضيت لُك‬
ْ ‫اليوم ا ْكلت لُك ِدينُك واْتهت عليُك ىِعه‬
ِ ‫ِت ور‬ِ
Today I have perfected your Din (Religion) for you, and have completed
My Blessing upon you, and have chosen for you Islam (as) Din (a
complete code of life).

Anything gets perfectness and accomplishment only when it includes everything and it is
pure from every defect and second way should not be searched for anything. This claim – today
the religion has been completed – is not of an ordinary book but it is of the Holy Qur‟an about
which Allah, the Almighty, said in Holy Qur‟an,
ْ ‫ر َ َ ٓٗ ر‬
َ ‫ال ُه َط ره ُر ْو‬
‫ۭ۝‬97 ‫ن‬ ‫ْل َي ُّسه اِْل‬
Which none shall touch
but those who are clean.

That means no devilish power can touch this book or the words of it because only pure
persons can touch it. And at another place, Allah, the Almighty, said,
َٰ ٗ َ ‫ّ ْ َ ر‬
َ ‫َلف ُظ ْو‬ َ ْ‫ر َ ْ ُ َر‬
‫ۭ۝‬Ḍ ‫ن‬ ِ ‫الذك َر واَِّن له‬
ِ ‫و َنلنا‬ ‫اَِّن َن‬
No doubt, We have sent down this
Quran, and We most surely are its
Guardian.

So, this claim is not of any Satan or Satanic mind (I seek refuge of Allah from this). Now
we have to see that is Islam really a complete code of life or not? Do Islam focus on every aspect
of life and give its solution or not?
© Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Mukarram Gillani, Sialkot, Pakistan 1
March 1,
ISLAM IS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE
2011

If we turn the leaves of history and study the lives of the Prophets of children of Israel,
this thing is crystal clear that every religion has ignored some aspects of life. Every religion
presented the teachings according to the needs of the time. Even today, that quote of Jesus
Christ, peace be upon him, is present in the Holy Bible, in which he told about this matter to the
world. He, peace be upon him, said,

Matthew 5:17-18 ASV

(17) Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy,
but to fulfil.
(18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

And at another place, he, peace be upon him, said that now, you cannot bear but when the
Last Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny, will come, he will
inform you about all the truth.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him
unto you. And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and
of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of
righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more; of
judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged. I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not
speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak:
and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
(John 16:7-13 ASV)

Same way, this prophecy is mentioned in the Holy Qur‟an,

ًۢ ّ َ ُ َ ِ ٰ ْ ‫ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ ٰ َ ْٓ ْ َ ۗ ِ ْ َ ّ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ ه ِ َ ْ ُ ْ ُّ َ ّ ً ّ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ر ِ َ ر‬
َ َ ْ
‫ّشا‬ َ ْ َ
ِ ‫دكا ل ِها بْي يدي ِم التورىة ونب‬ ِ ‫واِذ كال عِيَس اْب نرَي يب ِِن اِْساءيل ا ِِّن رسول ّٰللا اِليُك نص‬
ْ َ ٰ ُْ َ
ٌ ْ ‫ِسـ ٌـر ُّنب‬ ٰ َ ْ ْ ُ َ ۗ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ٗٓ ُ ْ ْ َ ْۢ ْ ْ ‫َ ُ ْ ر‬
‫ۭ۝‬Č ‫ْي‬ ِ ِ ‫ت كالوا هذا‬ِ ‫دي اْسه اْحد فل رها جاءُه ِِبلب ِّين‬
ِ ‫َِّبسو ٍل َّي ِِت ِِم بع‬
(And also recall the time) when ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) said: ‘O Children of
Israel, indeed I am (a Messenger) sent to you by Allah, confirming the Torah, the Book which
came before me, and bearing the good news of (the pleasant arrival) of (the Esteemed)
Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad
(now in the heavens).’ But when he (the Last of the Messengers) came to them with clear Signs,
they said: ‘This is open magic.’

So, until the era of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, the Law of Moses, peace be upon him, was
incomplete and every Prophet comes and gives the teachings according to his time, that are limited for
specific era. Moreover, Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was also not able to explain every aspect of life
and left this task on Islam. Allah, the Almighty said in the Qur‟an,
ُ ‫ه‬ ُ َ َ ْ ََ
ٌ َ ٌ
‫ِف َر ُس ْو ِل ّٰللاِ ا ْس َوة َح َسنة‬ ْ َ‫ن ل‬
ْ ‫ُك‬ ‫للد َك‬
ِ
In truth in (the holy being of) Allah’s
Messenger [blessings and peace be
upon him] there is for you a most
perfect and beautiful model (of life)

© Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Mukarram Gillani, Sialkot, Pakistan 2

March 1,
ISLAM IS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE
2011

And Hazrat Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, said,

The moral code of Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him and his family) was Qur’an.
(Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 1733)
(Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No. 1329)
(Sunan an-Nisa’I, Hadith No. 1604)

Qur‟an includes the summary or details of every account. The shadow of Qur‟an is the
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him and his progeny). The collection
of these two things is called Islam. If we search in Islam, how to treat the poor, we can have the
written script as well as the model of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him
and his progeny) like a video tape.
Islam have decided the rules for everything and said that these are the limits of Allah, do
not cross them. If you will do so, then,
ْ
ْ ‫ر‬ ْ َ َ َ َ ّ َ‫اص ْوا ِبَل‬ ََ َ
َ ‫َت‬ ‫َعلُوا ه‬
ٰ ‫الصل‬ َ َ ُْ َ ٰ َ ْ ‫ر ر‬ ْ ‫ِف ُخ‬ َ َ
ْ ِ ‫ان ل‬
ْ ْ ‫ر‬
َ ‫اْلي‬ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ‫ر‬ ْٰ ‫ر‬ ‫ه‬ ْ
‫ۭ۝‬Ǽ ‫ْب‬
ِ ‫ق ڏ وَتاصوا ِِبلص‬ِ ِ ‫و‬ ‫ت‬
ِ ‫ح‬ ِ ِ ‫و‬ ‫ا‬‫و‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ْي‬ ‫ذ‬
ِ ‫ال‬ ‫ِْل‬
‫ا‬ ‫ۭ۝‬ Ą ‫ْس‬
ٍ ‫س‬ ِ ‫ِن‬
‫ا‬ ‫ۭ۝‬ Ǻ ‫ْص‬
ِ ‫الرحِْي ۭ۝ والع‬
ِ ِ ‫م ّٰللاِ الرْح‬
‫و‬ ِ ‫بِس‬
Allah in the name of the Most Affectionate, the Merciful.
1. By the time of the beloved (Prophet). 2. Undoubtedly, man is necessarily in loss.
3. But those who believed and did good deeds and stressed one another to accept truth
and counseled one another to be steadfast.

Islam taught youngers to obey elders and elders to love youngers. It explained the Rights
of Children to parents and taught the Rights of Parents to children. It divided woman in four
different stages by giving her that excellent status that it divided women in four different classes.
It extended her holiness to such extent that it declared wrong sights on woman to be a sin. It gave
such rights to woman that she can live an honoured life in society. It told the Rights of Husband
to a wife and Rights of Wife to a husband. It taught the manners to live in house. It taught the
manners to run house. Azwaaj-e-Mutahharaat (the pure ones, the wives of Holy Prophet
Muhammad ‫ )ﷺ‬and Sayyida Khatoon-e-Jannat (the leader of the women of Heaven, the
daughter of Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, Sayyida Fatima, peace of Allah be upon her) had lived an
excellent life and taught women to live like this. Allama Iqbal said,

‫مزر ِع میلست را احلص وتبل‬

‫امدراں را اُوسہٴ اکلم وتبل‬
‫رپوردہربصوراض‬
‫ٴ‬ ‫آںادب‬
‫آایس رگدان و ب‬
‫ل قرآن رسا‬
Batool (title of Sayyida Fatima s.a) was a result of the
field of salutations,
Batool (s.a) was a role model for mothers,
That manner was brought up under patience and
submission,
Her lips used to recite Quran while grinding flour.

© Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Mukarram Gillani, Sialkot, Pakistan 3

March 1,
ISLAM IS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE
2011

Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny) became a role
model for men. He taught that how an orphan should live a patient life. He lived his childhood as
an orphan. He spent his life as poor. He also managed business and trade. One of the richest
women of Arab, Sayyida Khadija-tul-Kubra (May peace of Allah be upon her) was impressed by
his excellent rules (of trade) and married him. He presented a role model for oppressed ones by
bearing the persecutions of Quraish. He earned the titles of al-Sadiq (Truthful) and al-Amin
(Trustworthy) and presented a role model for a normal person.
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny) showed
a way to a ruler when he migrated to Madina and handled the government. He showed a way to a
farmer by farming the land. He taught the rules of humanity to a general, colonel, solider and
commander-in-chief by participating in wars. He presented such a role model for a judge and
judged such precisely that, at last, non-Muslims and people of Book also presented their cases to
him. When he captured the prisoners of war, he treated them with such kindness that it opened
the eyes of a general and told him to not persecute the prisoners. Although, he was Ummi (who is
not a student of any man) but he taught such lessons to the Ummah (nation) that he created love
among them. This was the same Arab who used to fight for centuries, just that “my sheep will
drink water first”.
Moreover, Sahaba Karam (companions of Holy Prophet ‫)ﷺ‬, May Allah be pleased with
them, taught the manners for master and spiritual leader to a servant and spiritual follower.
Hazrat Ali, may Allah‟s blessing be upon his blessed face, completed the boundaries of
humbleness by stating “I am a servant of servants of Muhammad ‫“ﷺ‬. Hazrat Abu Bakr, May
Allah be pleased with him, sacrificed his households and said Allah and His Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬is
sufficient. Allama Iqbal said,
‫دصقیےکےیلےہخدااکروسلسب‬ ‫ع‬
I said,
ّ
‫ّت‬
‫احصب‬ ِ‫اُدرھ دوھکی اگل آیت رظن شان‬
ّ
‫ّت‬
‫احصب‬ ِ‫اھجمسی ونعان‬
‫ا‬ ‫ہک ےہ وب رکبؓ ےن‬
ّ
‫وج واری اجن و امل ورھگ‘تہیےہامنِ ّ ت‬
‫احصب‬
ّ
‫ّت‬
‫احصب‬ ِ‫وہ ںیہ ا ّول ہفیلخ‘تہی تہب آن‬
‫وہ دصقی و رقیف اور یار ںیہ‘ترسخِروسلاہلل‬
ِ ‫ہک سج یک یٹیب ےہ آخز ںیم‬
‫آرام روسل اہلل‬

Love of Hazrat Bilal from Ethiopia, May Allah be pleased with him, was also the
extremes of slavery. I said,
ٰ‫ رگم رہبت تہب ایلع‬،‫الب ِل یش ےہ اکال‬
‫اذاں ہن دی ج اُس ےن وت خدا ےن رہم وک یاال‬
‫رگم رحصا‘توہ رھتپ ںیم ادح اّلل ٰانس ڈاال‬
ّ ّ
‫قزیشی س یہ ےچین اور یش ےبعک ےس یاال‬
ّ
!‫ہنرکیارخفاےنپ ُُحوحرانِ جمت‬
‫ہکتنبِتعمّہ وکیھبالمےہمصطفے ٰمکح‬

© Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Mukarram Gillani, Sialkot, Pakistan 4

March 1,
ISLAM IS A COMPLETE CODE OF LIFE
2011

On one hand, if Hazrat Bilal from Ethiopia, May Allah be pleased with him, suffered
stones (on chest) and horsewhips (by pagans) at hot deserts and still told that the name of the
Real Master (God) is true and we should only call His name even on the cost of life, on the other
hand, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny)
ordered Hazrat Bilal to say Azan (Call for prayer) from the top of Holy K‟abah. Firstly, he
taught to love servants, secondly, by lowering Quraishites from an Ethiopian he taught equality
that “neither a white is superior to black nor the black is superior to white and neither an Arabian
is superior to non-Arabian nor a non-Arabian is superior to Arabian but on the bases of piety.”

Islam had declared all those things Haram (prohibited) which are harmful for health and
heart and allowed and purified those things which are useful by saying Halalan Tabbiyan. Islam
had set such rules that doubt of going astray had been removed. For example, prostration is
prohibited if it is without the Will of Allah. Old nations used to prostrate, but in Islam,
prostration to other than Allah had been prohibited so that the doubt, that old nations had, should
also be finished completely. For further details, see the article of my spiritual leader Pir Syed
Muhammad Mubarak Ali Gillani – Misaaq an-Nabiyyeen, eighth episode (monthly Sohney
Mehraban, month of Ziq‟ad 1431 A.H). Islam prohibited alcohol and today science also says that
alcohol, and usage of drugs, is harmful. A poet said,
‫اسسنئدمحماکاتپوپھچریہےہ‬ ‫ع‬

The bases of Islam was laid down on five things and all those five things are helpful for
physical and spiritual health. When Sajjada Nasheen of Darbar-e-Aaliya Qadriya Mundair Sharif
Syedan, Syed Muhammad Mubarak Ali Gilani, use to take oath (of repentance) from any person,
he use to advise him, following his ancestors, that to pray five times a day regularly and to read
first Kalima, at least hundred times a day. Also recite Durood Sharif with regularity.
Islam have declared cleanliness as half of the religion. Hazrat Abu Musa al-Ash‟ari
narrates that Messenger of Allah said:
‫الطهور شطر اْلَيان‬
Cleanliness is half of the religion.
(It was recorded by Imam Muslim, Imam Ahmad, al-Tirmidi, al-Darmi, al-Nisa‟i in „amal
al-yaum wa al-layla, Ibn-e-Majah, Behaqi in his Sunan, al-Tabrani, Ibn-e-Habban and Ibn-e-
Mundarah in Kitab al-Iman).

Islam finished adultery from the society, by giving the permission of four marriages to
men. Islam set such punishments that a person restrains from that act after listening the
punishments. If the laws of Islam are issued in our country, as they are, might be these crimes
would eliminate from our nation and will not occur again.
Quran‟s challenge that it includes every dry and every wet is not just a challenge but a
visible fact like sun. Islam taught the manners of eating, drinking, standing, sitting, sleeping,
waking, saying Salam (“peace be upon you” as a greeting), entering home, wearing clothes,
combing, brushing, talking, in fact of everything. It taught the Rights of Neighbours, taught the
manners of market, taught the manners of buying and selling and taught in such a details that at
least one book was compiled on each topic. And see the vastness of Quran that all the topics
were placed at one place, in one book, and a religion of Islam was presented, which is a complete
code of life and complete and best religion.

© Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Mukarram Gillani, Sialkot, Pakistan 5